ZipExplore

{
  "id": "aix_564e8aa24c",
  "name": "ZipExplore",
  "operator": "(unclaimed - source: pulsemcp · publisher: www.pulsemcp.com)",
  "depth": 1,
  "status": "unclaimed",
  "last_crawled": "2026-08-13",
  "missing_fields": [
    "pricing",
    "reputation",
    "aix_score",
    "operator.identity"
  ],
  "skills": [
    "general-tools"
  ],
  "protocols": {
    "mcp": "https://mcp.zipexplore.com/mcp",
    "a2a": null
  },
  "pricing": null,
  "regions": [
    "global"
  ],
  "languages": [
    "en"
  ],
  "reputation": null,
  "aix_score": null,
  "verification": {
    "identity": "none",
    "health": "liveness-only",
    "pricing": "unknown",
    "last_check": "2026-08-13T06:01:16.199Z"
  },
  "pricing_model": "unknown",
  "links": [
    {
      "label": "homepage",
      "url": "https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/andrew-sondgeroth-zipexplore"
    },
    {
      "label": "listing",
      "url": "https://www.zipexplore.com/"
    }
  ],
  "unreachable": false,
  "profile": {
    "mcp_server": "ZipExplore",
    "mcp_version": "1.9.4",
    "tool_count": 22,
    "tools": [
      {
        "name": "get_article",
        "description": "Returns the full prose of a specific ZipExplore research article. Use this for editing, fact-checking, detailed analysis, or when get_research summaries aren't enough. Valid slugs: disappearing-towns, hazard-premium, snap-economy, wealthy-retirees. Each article includes all body sections and methodology notes exactly as published."
      },
      {
        "name": "ping",
        "description": "Returns server status and tool/resource counts. Use this to verify the ZipExplore MCP connection is live."
      },
      {
        "name": "get_methodology",
        "description": "Returns ZipExplore's data interpretation guide: reasoning guardrails (associations vs. causes, small-ZIP noise, averages hiding distributions, editorial score weights, drawing conclusions about people from geographic data), quality flag definitions, known data limitations, coverage gap explanations, and per-domain vintage summary. Call this when you have questions about data quality, what a quality_flag code means, why a ZIP has no data, or how to reason carefully about scores and correlations."
      },
      {
        "name": "get_research",
        "description": "Returns ZipExplore's published research articles — original data findings on topics including disaster risk vs. housing costs (the Hazard Premium), food insecurity in fully-employed communities (SNAP economy), economically declining towns vs. retirement communities, and income variation among America's oldest ZIP codes. Each entry includes the key finding, specific quantitative results, caveats, and a URL to the full article. Call this when a user asks about these topics or when published findings would add context to a live data lookup."
      },
      {
        "name": "search_zips",
        "description": "Find ZIP codes matching one or more criteria. Returns a ranked list with\n        scores. Use this first when the user wants recommendations (e.g. \"find a\n        low-crime suburb near Denver\"). Call get_search_fields first if you're\n        unsure what field names to use.\n\n        criteria: list of {\"field\": str, \"level\": \"low\"|\"medium\"|\"high\"}\n        area_types: \"CITY\" | \"SUBURB\" | \"SMALL_TOWN\" | \"RURAL\"\n        regions: \"northeast\" | \"southeast\" | \"midwest\" | \"southwest\" | \"west\"\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_zip_profile",
        "description": "Full location profile for one ZIP code across all 12 data domains:\n        demographics, climate, tax, crime, cost of living, voting, education,\n        healthcare, business, air quality, disaster risk, and transit. Use this\n        to get detail on a ZIP after search, or when the user asks about a\n        specific ZIP. For deeper data on one domain, use the domain-specific tools.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "compare_zips",
        "description": "Side-by-side full profiles for 2–5 ZIP codes. Use when the user has\n        finalists and needs to choose between them. Returns the same profile\n        shape as get_zip_profile for each ZIP.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_search_fields",
        "description": "Lists every field name, type, and description available for search\n        criteria. Call this when you're unsure what field names to pass to\n        search_zips, or when the user asks what data ZipExplore has.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_census_profile",
        "description": "Detailed Census / demographics data for one ZIP code. Use when\n        get_zip_profile's demographics section isn't sufficient depth.\n        Includes population, housing, income distribution, education attainment,\n        economic indicators, internet access, and public assistance rates.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "reverse_geocode",
        "description": "Convert a latitude/longitude coordinate to a ZIP code. Use when the\n        user provides an address or map coordinates rather than a ZIP code.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_zip_centroids",
        "description": "Get the latitude/longitude centroid for one or more ZIP codes (max 200).\n        Use when you need map coordinates for a set of ZIPs.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_weather_profile",
        "description": "Detailed climate data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's\n        climate section isn't sufficient depth. Includes annual/monthly temperature\n        averages, precipitation, humidity, and nearest weather station info.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_tax_profile",
        "description": "Detailed tax data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's tax\n        section isn't sufficient depth. Includes state income tax, sales tax,\n        property tax effective rates, excise taxes, and IRS income statistics.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_crime_profile",
        "description": "Detailed crime data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's crime\n        section isn't sufficient depth. Includes violent crime rate, property\n        crime rate, and data quality flags (coverage level, Bayesian shrinkage).\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_cost_profile",
        "description": "Detailed cost of living data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's\n        cost section isn't sufficient depth. Includes fair market rents, housing\n        cost burden, regional price indices, and affordability metrics.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_voting_profile",
        "description": "Detailed voting and political data for one ZIP code. Use when\n        get_zip_profile's voting section isn't sufficient depth. Includes\n        presidential election results, partisan lean, congressional and\n        state legislative districts, and state officials.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_education_profile",
        "description": "Detailed school data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's\n        education section isn't sufficient depth. Includes school counts,\n        student-teacher ratios, graduation rates, per-pupil spending, Title I\n        percentage, and budget breakdown (instruction vs. admin vs. capital).\n        May reflect data from the nearest ZIP if no schools are in this ZIP.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_healthcare_profile",
        "description": "Detailed healthcare data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's\n        healthcare section isn't sufficient depth. Includes hospital count and\n        ratings, nursing homes, beds per capita, primary care and mental health\n        shortage area designations, pharmacy count, and urgent care count.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_business_profile",
        "description": "Detailed business and employment data for one ZIP code. Use when\n        get_zip_profile's business section isn't sufficient depth. Includes\n        top industries, sector breakdowns, total establishments, employment,\n        and annual payroll from Census BDS/CBP data.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_air_quality_profile",
        "description": "Detailed air quality data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's\n        air quality section isn't sufficient depth. Includes EPA AQS pollutant\n        levels (PM2.5, PM10, ozone, NO2, SO2, CO) and AQI summary.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_disaster_risk_profile",
        "description": "Detailed natural disaster risk data for one ZIP code. Use when\n        get_zip_profile's disaster risk section isn't sufficient depth. Includes\n        FEMA NRI overall risk score, individual hazard scores (hurricane, tornado,\n        earthquake, wildfire, flood, etc.), and expected annual loss estimates.\n        "
      },
      {
        "name": "get_transit_profile",
        "description": "Detailed public transit data for one ZIP code. Use when get_zip_profile's\n        transit section isn't sufficient depth. Includes bus stop count, subway\n        station count, rail station count, light rail count, ferry terminal count,\n        total transit stops, transit commute percentage, and nearest subway/rail\n        distances.\n        "
      }
    ],
    "profiled_at": "2026-08-13T06:01:16.199Z"
  }
}